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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the man find the animal again?

2. Who does Dupin relay the story of the murder to?

3. How many pieces are a part of the first evidence found in the Rue Morgue?

4. To Dupin, what quality of the murder defies any motive?

5. How many days before her death did Adolphe walk home the murder victim?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dupin do at the crime scene?

2. Why did Dupin place an ad in the paper?

3. Why does Dupin give The Narrator a pistol?

4. What does Dupin feel the motive for the murders is?

5. Describe the way the sailor interacts with Dupin.

6. What is The Narrator's motivation in the story?

7. Describe the dead body that is found in the chimney.

8. What is the appeal of the case to Dupin?

9. What are Dupin's thoughts about the voices the neighbors overheard?

10. Why did a struggle erupt between the sailor and the orangutan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Poe use gruesome details to illicit a response from the reader?

Essay Topic 2

What qualities of the story make it a mystery? What other genres might it fall under? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Dupin to any other character from the story. How are they alike and different? What do each of their actions show?

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